Barnhart, Norm: Amazing Magic Tricks Master Level ©2009 Capstone Press Edge Books Hardcover, 32 Pages ISBN-13 978-1-4296-1944-8

Comments: Children's book of magic. This is book four of a series, the others being Beginner Level, Apprentice Level, and Expert Level. This series is typical of most children's books of magic in that the amount of text that explains how to present the effects is very limited. Thus, the books end up being mosltly a series of tricks rather than a good introduction on performing magic. Also, these books are relatively short in comparison with similar books on the subject (each contains about 10 tricks). Photos are in color and very clear.

Contents:

4 Opening
4 Fantastic Magic: Practice, Keept the Secrets, Be Entertaining!

6 Tricks
6 The Impossible Coin: a coin vanish
8 The Tricky Lizard: a vanishing lizard that exposes the method
10 The Magic Ace: an Ace vanishes from a small fan of cards and is found in the pocket
12 Tommy The Trained Ping Pong Ball: ping pong ball "floats" on edge of wand (I.T.)
14 The Number One Fan: Baseball card trick
18 The Coin Multiplying Book: coins added by magic book
20 The Spooky Spoon: vanishing spoon from the hands
22 The Magic Matchbox Bank: penny appears in previously empty match box
24 The Egg-Straordinary Egg: a comedy effect with a plastic cooked egg
26 The Amazing Healing Rope: cut and restored rope in a bag

30 Closing
30 Glossary
31 Read More
31 Internet Sites
32 Index
32 About the Author